International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. IML Freight, Inc.

MATSCH, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of a district court affirming a bankruptcy judge’s order granting the petition of a debtor-in-possession, IML Freight, Inc. (“IML”), to reject its collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing most of its employees. The bankruptcy judge’s order was entered before the Supreme Court decided NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco, 465 U.S. 513, 104 S.Ct. 1188, 79 L.Ed.2d 482 (1984). After the Bildisco decision, Congress enacted Pub.L. No. 98-353, amending the Bankruptcy Code to establish a procedure for and the conditions under which…